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Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
bladder campion

   
Symbol: SILAA3
Group: Dicot
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Duration: Biennial
Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
  
  



Photograph of Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 68. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.
 
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Synonyms:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

  LYAL Lychnis alba Mill.
  LYLO2 Lychnis ×loveae B. Boivin
  LYVE7 Lychnis vespertina Sibth.
  MEAL10 Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke
  SIAL12 Silene alba (Mill.) Krause
  SIPR4 Silene pratensis (Raf.) Gren. & Godr.
 

Distribution by State:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Distributional Map for Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
Distribution Map Legend

Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 88 species in Silene, 1 subspecies in Silene latifolia Poir.
 

Classification:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Caryophyllidae
Order   Caryophyllales
Family   Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus   Silene L. – catchfly
Species   Silene latifolia Poir. – bladder campion
Subspecies   Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet – bladder campion
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Washington:
white cockle Class C noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

evening lychnis
white campion
white cockle
Silene alba
bladder campion
white campion
white cockle

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
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